Category: Book Reviews

  • Book Review: Night by Elie Wiesel

    How does one review a book which recounts the horrific details of one survivor’s life in Hitler’s concentration camps? I am afraid that it would be a terrible insult to actually attempt to review this particular book and others like it. I would like to share my initial reaction and a few of my thoughts…

  • Book Review: Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit by Teri Maxwell

    A while back I was especially desperate for wisdom from an older, more experienced homeschooling mother. The first thing that came to mind was the scripture found in Titus 2 regarding the things older women are to teach younger women. It reads, “Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves…

  • Book Review: The Mom I Want to Be by T. Suzanne Eller

    Most people dread growing up and becoming just like their parents. I am sure we have all thought at one time or another, “When I become a parent, I’ll never…” This is especially true for women whose pasts are marked with abuse, neglect, and family dysfunction. Most women desire to be good mothers, but how…

  • Book Review: How to Pray for Your Wife by Mark A. Weathers

    Prayer does not come naturally for any child of God. Many believers work at prayer and find that it is learned by practice and perseverance. Couple one’s common frustrations in prayer with the desire to pray specifically for another, and you find believers who want to give up on prayer altogether. One might think it…

  • Book Review: Courageous Parenting

    After over thirty years of marriage and raising three children, Jack and Deb Graham collaborate once again to produce Courageous Parenting, an encouraging and hopeful look at the family. Jack Graham has served as a pastor for over thirty years and is currently the senior pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas. “We are…